Falling Blocks games in this sub-genre of puzzle computer games are often called Tetris-like, as that game was one of the first of its kind. The real time game play involves objects falling from the top of the screen, which the player must maneuver into position.

Blocks of different shapes drop from the top of the screen. Each block is made up of four small squares arranged to make a larger square, an L-shape or a column. As the blocks fall they can be rotated or moved horizontally so that every space in the box is filled. When a horizontal line is completed, that line is "destroyed" giving you more points and moving the rest of the placed pieces down by one square. If a line remains incomplete, another line must be finished above it. The more lines that stand incomplete, the higher the blocks above them stack, reducing the space in which falling shapes can be manipulated. Eventually the blocks reach the top of the screen and the game ends. The statistics box at the left of the screen shows the score the shape of the block that will appear next.

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